Since escaping the Dominion ambush in Princess Zhim's Hideout, Faye has been working on finding the location of the Tomb of General Tarsis, based on the Regulator intel provided by Zhim. However, she seems to be stuck on a puzzle which needs the Freelancer's help. This should be interesting…
Hints and Suggestions
- The dialog exchange between the characters will change depending on whether single player or multiplayer mode is played.
- Remember to perform Feats to obtain XP for increasing Pilot Level and receiving Alliance bonus.
- This particular expedition may have a video walkthrough after the Cortex Entry section for documentation.
- This mission is designed such that it must be completed only 1 time per account.
- On subsequent playthroughs, the “Challenges of Legionnaires” is automatically completed. However, the Freelancer must still enter the tombs and “greet” the guardians to unlock the next mission in the sequence.
- This expedition requires the Freelancer to enter Freeplay using the Game Mode Menu.
- Most of the challenges needed to complete the Trials in this expedition will start being tracked at Pilot Level 2.
- Most trials are completed if “Gold” feat medals are eared once in the 4 types of feats: Artinia Feats, Cariff Feats, and Yvenia Feats. This is because the counter is tethered to the feats. However, completing feats is NOT a requirement to finish the trials. Gawnes Feats also hold true, until Ultimate and Melee Defeats is encountered—50 defeats are needed instead of the standard 30.
- Additional tasks in the trials include opening Treasure Chests, completing World Events, and completing missions.
- The Tasks must be completed by you in every scenario. The team mates performing these tasks will not add to your progress.
Trial of Yvenia
- Treasure Chests:
- 15 Treasure Chests must be opened.
- The progress is NOT counted if team mates open the chests. Chests must be opened by you.
- Only chest that reward loot/ember/crafting materials are counted.
- Destructible Boxes that provide crafting materials are NOT counted.
- Opening chests found in Strongholds, World Events, Conjunctions, Cataclysm Game Mode, Missions, and Contracts will be counted.
- Opening Hidden Chests found in various locations of Northern Bastion are counted.
- Opening Elysian Caches are NOT counted.
- Harvest:
- 25 items must be harvested.
- Harvesting
Chimeric Compound and 
Chimeric Alloy is counted. 
Salvaging goods from abandoned javelins or storage boxes are counted.- Salvaging loot is NOT counted.
- Items obtained from breaking destructible Boxes is Seasonal Expeditions and Cataclysm Game Mode are NOT counted.
- Javelins Repaired:
- 3 Javelins must be repaired.
- Repairing downed javelins of any team mate is counted.
- Repairing javelins of ally NPC's like sentinels, freelancers, or corvus agents is counted.
- Several Sentinels are found fighting Scars in the North-East side of the Fort near Memorial Gate. Wait for them to be downed by the enemies and revive them.
- Collectibles:
- 10 Collectibles must be collected.
Collectibles items include Runes, Notes, Scrolls, Hidden Skulls, or Wreaths.
Trial of Artinia
- World Events:
- Complete 5 World Events.
- World Encounters are NOT counted.
- Conjunction-type Legendary World Events are NOT counted.
- Seasonal Legendary World Events exclusively available during the full-seasonal or festive times of Echoes of Reality, Season of Skulls, and Season of Icetide are counted.
- Simply being present while the World Event Complete Banner pops up is enough for the counter to progress. There is no need to take part in the event from the beginning.
- Weapon Defeats:
- Defeat 30 enemies using Weapons.
- Defeating any type of enemy is counted.
- Only defeating enemies using Guns are counted.
- Defeating enemies using Melee Weapons are NOT counted.
- The final blow must be dealt by you for the counter to progress.
- Weak Point Defeats:
- Defeat 15 enemies by hitting their weak points.
- Any enemy type is counted.
- Defeating enemies using Weapons, Gear, or Ultimate Ability are all counted.
- The final blow must be dealt by you for the counter to progress.
- Elite Defeats:
- Defeat 9 Elite Enemies.
- Defeating elite enemies using Weapons, Gear, or Ultimate Ability are all counted.
- The final blow must be dealt by you for the counter to progress.
Trial of Gawnes
- Melee Defeats:
- Defeat 50 enemies using Melee Abilities.
- Defeating enemies using Melee Weapons is counted.
- Defeating enemies using melee-type abilities such as the Colossus' Shield Bash and Interceptor's gear such as Detonating Strike and Tempest Strike, and their upgraded forms is counted.
- Defeating enemies using Interceptor's Ultimate Ability, Assassins Blades, is NOT counted.
- The final blow must be dealt by you for the counter to progress.
- Ultimate Defeats:
- Defeat 50 enemies using Ultimate Ability.
- Defeating enemies using the ultimates of Ranger, Colossus, Storm, and Interceptor are counted.
- The final blow must be dealt by you for the counter to progress.
- Legendary Defeats:
- Defeat 3 Legendary Enemies.
- Defeating enemies using Weapons, Gear, or Ultimate Ability are all counted.
- Defeating Boss type enemies is also counted. However, it is not recommended, since they have extremely large health pool.
- The final blow must be dealt by you for the counter to progress.
Trial of Cariff
- Missions:
- Complete 3 Missions.
- The Mission Complete banner must pop-up for the counter to progress.
- Missions include: Critical Objectives, Agent Quests, Agent Contracts, Cataclysm Critical, Legendary Missions, and Legendary Contracts.
- Completing other type of expeditions are not counted towards the progress.
- Gear Defeats:
- Combo Triggers:
- Trigger 15 combos on enemies.
- Only detonating already primed targets are counted towards the progress.
- Defeating enemies is NOT required. Only performing the combo is enough.
- Multi-kills:
- Perform 3 Multi-kills.
- Multi-kill is defeating 8 or more enemies within a short span of time, usually 10 seconds or less.
- Any and all abilities can be used to obtain multi-kills.
- It is recommended to use Blast Damage of any damage type near enemy spawn points (gates) for maximum benefit.
- The final blow must be dealt by you for the counter to progress.
Objectives
Freeplay: Tombs of the Legionnaires
Meet with Faye in the Enclave
Speak with Faye
Complete the Challenges of Legionnaires
Find the Tomb of Yvenia
Complete Yvenia's Challenge
Explore the Tomb of Yvenia
Find the Tomb of Artinia
Complete Artinia's Challenge
Explore the Tomb of Artinia
Find the Tomb of Gawnes
Complete Gawnes' Challenge
Explore the Tomb of Gawnes
Find the Tomb of Cariff
Complete Cariff's Challenge
Explore the Tomb of Cariff
These are the locations where the Freelancer begins the expedition, has to perform tasks to advance, and conclude the expedition.
Cortex Entry
The Cortex Entry shows the description and the outcome of the expedition.
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For a Collection of similar Cortex Entries, See: Critical Objective (Journal) |
Video Walkthrough
Video guides are added for convenience and documentation of 
Anthem. These guides show almost all possible incidents that may occur during each playthrough of this particular expedition.
The below video is on rotation. The cycle repeats after 4 days. The type of javelin used, the voice of the Freelancer, and any possible season changes during each rotation. If any Cypher Annotations are found, they are mentioned in the video’s description. Not all such annotations are in one video, but all 4 videos will make up for each other’s shortcomings, if any.
Quest Chain
This expedition is a part of the Legend of the Heart of Rage Storyline. When the storyline is completed, an appropriate challenge is also completed, which will reward the Freelancer. The following are the related quests in order for this storyline:
- Silence the Heart of Rage
- Early Warnings
- Character Creation
- Welcome to Fort Tarsis
- Lost Arcanist
- Lighting a Fire
- Incursion
- Lending a Hand
- Finding Old Friends
- Meeting With Corvus
- Freeplay: Tombs of the Legionnaires
- The Tomb of General Tarsis
- The Fortress of Dawn
- Crafting the Dawn Shield
- Freelancer Down
- Repairs and Inspiration
- Return to the Heart of Rage
Trivia (May Contain Spoilers)
- After the briefing, new markers are added to the Freeplay map. These markers are translucent until the Freelancer enters the tomb.
- After each tomb is entered, it becomes a fast travel location. This is made to ease the process of collecting Guardians' Gifts, introduced during the Icetide of 468 LV.
- This is the only time when rewards are physically given without having to go through the usual mechanisms such as crafting, defeating enemies, opening chests, and completing challenges. Although, technically, the Freelancer is completing the Challenges of the Leginnaire Guardians.
- New challenges called the Legionnaires Challenges are added to the Cortex, which can be found in the Challenges main section (Cortex > Challenges > Expedition > Freeplay).
- Owen's tone during mentioning Faye's name when finding the tombs hints jealousy—he keeps her name with an odd emphasis.
- This is the first and only times Liatrelle's voice is heard in Anthem.
- When the Guardian is greeted, they reward the Freelancer with loot, crafting resources, and embers.
- After the guardians are greeted, if the right offerings are made, the Guardians' Gift the Freelancer with an appropriate Legendary reward.
- When the Freelancer greets the guardian, the background music played on trumpets is called “Valor”.
- Liatrelles text Fragment about Yvenia:
- Here find Legionnaire Yvenia, Forgewright of Dawn, who stood with Tarsis and shall stand forevermore among her honor guard.
- Liatrelles text Fragment about Artinia:
- Should the sun and stars one day cease to brighten day and night, I will know it was Artinia who struck them from the heavens.
- Liatrelles text Fragment about Gawnes:
- Gather up the pieces of his shattered sword. He will need them where he is going. Lay him with the rest of the honor guard, and on his stone, write: Here lies Legionnaire Gawnes, Blademaster of the Dawn. Here is one who has looked death in the eye, and cut it down with his own hands.
- Liatrelles text Fragment about Cariff:
- We found him on the battlefield surrounded by rings of fallen urgoth, as ripples in a pond fall away from the stone that struck them...
- Additional cortex entries are added to Zhim's Legionnaire Archives.
Below is the Script and Walkthrough for Freeplay: Tombs of the Legionnaires (Mission):
Briefing
Faye is waits for the Freelancer by the Freelancer Contract Board in the Enclave.
Meet with Faye in the Enclave
The Freelancer visits Faye.
Speak with Faye
- Faye: "Thank you for coming to see me."
- The Freelancer: "You said there was a complication? What's happened?"
- Faye: "I took a look at the intel Zhim gave us."
- The Freelancer: "It's no good."
- Faye: "She promised us one location. She delivered five."
- The Freelancer: "All right. That's… unexpected."
- Faye: "Zhim's data is a fragment of text from the Legionnaire Liatrelle the Unbroken. She was the General's right hand, and according to legend, the one who laid Tarsis to rest. The text mentions “guardians,” and four tombs that must be visited to find the Javelin of Dawn. The data's barely readable. I'll try to get more out of it while you and Owen look for these tombs."
- The Freelancer: "Right. Send me the locations. I'll check them out."
As the Freelancer prepares to begin the expedition by visiting the Fort Tarsis Forge. When they reach the Forge, Owen contacts through the comm link.
- Owen: "I hear the Legionnaires tombs won't open for just anyone—you need to prove yourself worthy by completing their trials."
The Freelancer prepares for the expedition.
Note: Owen's dialog can be easily missed if expedition is directly started without visiting the Forge.
Briefing Gallery
In Expedition
The Freelancer goes outside the Fort walls near Tarsis Falls.
Complete the Challenges of the Legionnaires
- Owen: "The Legionnaires answered to Tarsis—could be that completing her trials might open all of their tombs."
Even if one Tomb is discovered and its challenge is completed, Owen has a different dialog each time Freelplay is entered.
- Owen: "Shall we get a head start on the Legionnaires' Trials, or head straight for the Tombs?"
Find the Tomb of Yvenia
The Freelancer reaches Tarsis Bypass.
- Owen: "Hold on, I think… Yeah the Tomb of the Forgewright is supposed to be nearby according to Princess Zhim. Which your friend Faye would really like you to find. If possible."
When the Freelancer is by the Tomb
- Owen: "This is it. The Tomb of Yvenia the Forgewright."
The Freelancer tries to enter the tomb.
- Captain Liatrelle: " Aspirant, you stand before the resting place of Legionnaire Yvenia, Guardian of the Dawn. You have been judged and found wanting."
A list of trials is revealed, finishing which, will allow the Freelancer to greet the guardian.
Complete Yvenia's Challenge
Complete the Following to enter the tomb. See the hints on how to complete these trials:
- Treasure Chests
- 15/15
- Harvest
- 25/25
- Javelins Repaired
- 3/3
- Collectibles
- 10/10
After the Challenge is completed and the Freelancer reaches the entrance of the Tombs.
- Freelancer: "Now what do I do?"
- Owen: "Well, Faye's information said to “greet the guardian.” So… why don't you try that then?"
The Freelancer enters the Tomb of Yvenia.
- Captain Liatrelle: " Aspirant, You have passed the trial of Legionnaire Yvenia. Enter and Greet the Guardian."
To greet the Guardian, the Freelancer enters the tomb, picks up a text fragment 
written by Liatrelle on the sarcophagus. The Legionnaire Yvenia gifts the Freelancer with rewards.
Find the Tomb of Artinia
The Freelancer reaches the Bullet Mires.
- Owen: "Oh, wait a moment. Zhim's intel says this is where the Tomb of the Sharpshooter is supposed to be. It's one of the guardians you need to find for Faye's plan."
The Freelancer reaches the Tomb
- Owen: "I think you found The Tomb of Artinia the Sharpshooter."
The Freelancer tries to open the tomb.
- Captain Liatrelle: "Aspirant, you stand before the resting place of Legionnaire Artinia, Guardian of the Dawn. You have been judged and found wanting."
A list of trials is revealed, finishing which, will allow the Freelancer to greet the guardian.
Complete Artinia's Challenge
Complete the Following to enter the tomb. See the hints on how to complete these trials:
- World Events
- 5/5
- Weapon Defeats
- 30/30
- Weak Point Defeats
- 15/15
- Elite Defeats
- 9/9
After the Challenge is completed and the Freelancer reaches the entrance of the Tombs.
- Freelancer: "Now what do I do?"
- Owen: "Well, Faye's information said to “greet the guardian.” So… why don't you try that then?"
The Freelancer enters the Tomb of Artinia.
- Captain Liatrelle: "You have passed the trial of Legionnaire Artinia, Aspirant. Enter and Greet the Guardian."
To greet the Guardian, the Freelancer enters the tomb, picks up a text fragment written by Liatrelle on the sarcophagus. The Legionnaire Artinia gifts the Freelancer with rewards.
Find the Tomb of Gawnes
The Freelancer reaches Darkwood Barrens.
- Owen: " If you want to look for it, Zhim's intel suggests there's a Tomb of the Blademaster nearby. Which is apparently important to Faye for this plan of hers."
The Freelancer reaches the Tomb.
- Owen: "There. The Tomb of the Blademaster Gawnes."
The Freelancer tries to open the tomb.
- Captain Liatrelle: "Aspirant, before you lies the final resting place of Legionnaire Gawnes, Guardian of the Dawn. You have been found wanting."
A list of trials is revealed, finishing which, will allow the Freelancer to greet the guardian.
Complete Gawnes' Challenge
Complete the Following to enter the tomb. See the hints on how to complete these trials:
- Melee Defeats
- 50/50
- Ultimates Defeats
- 50/50
- Legendary Defeats
- 3/3
After the Challenge is completed and the Freelancer reaches the entrance of the Tombs.
- Freelancer: "Now what do I do?"
- Owen: "Well, Faye's information said to “greet the guardian.” So… why don't you try that then?"
The Freelancer enters the Tomb of Gawnes.
- Captain Liatrelle: "The trial of Legionnaire Gawnes is Complete. You pass the test. Enter, Aspirant. Greet the Guardian."
To greet the Guardian, the Freelancer enters the tomb, picks up a text fragment written by Liatrelle on the sarcophagus. The Legionnaire Gawnes gifts the Freelancer with rewards.
Find the Tomb of Cariff
The Freelancer reaches the Sanctuary of Dunar.
- Owen: "So… The Tomb of the Tactician is supposed to be around here. Somewhere. According to Princess Zhim. You might want to find it for Faye and her master plan."
The Freelancer reaches the tomb.
- Owen: "You found it. The Tomb of Cariff the Tactician."
The Freelancer tries to open the tomb.
- Captain Liatrelle: "Before you, Aspirant, stands the resting place of Legionnaire Cariff, Guardian of the Dawn. Your worth has been measured and found wanting."
A list of trials is revealed, finishing which, will allow the Freelancer to greet the guardian.
Complete Carrif's Challenge
Complete the Following to enter the tomb. See the hints on how to complete these trials:
- Missions
- 3/3
- Gear Defeats
- 30/30
- Combo Triggers
- 15/15
- Multi-kills
- 3/3
After the Challenge is completed and the Freelancer reaches the entrance of the Tombs.
- Freelancer: "Now what do I do?"
- Owen: "Well, Faye's information said to “greet the guardian.” So… why don't you try that then?"
The Freelancer enters the Tomb of Cariff.
- Captain Liatrelle: " The Trial of Legionnaire Cariff is complete. You are worthy. Enter, Aspirant, and Greet the Guardian."
To greet the Guardian, the Freelancer enters the tomb, picks up a text fragment written by Liatrelle on the sarcophagus. The Legionnaire Cariff gifts the Freelancer with rewards.
Complete the Challenges of the Legionnaires
Each time a guardian is greeted, the Freelancer is rewarded. There is an emotionally poignant music that plays by each legionnaire. After that, Owen makes a comment. When the first Guardian is Greeted,
- Owen: "Well, that's one down. Just three to go."
When the second Guardian is Greeted,
- Owen: "And the second guardian has been greeted! Halfway there."
When the third Guardian is Greeted,
- Owen: " That's the third tomb. Just one left. Y'know, I'll admit, I'm shocked that Princess Zhim's info was any good."
When the fourth Guardian is Greeted,
- Owen: "That's the last tomb. Faye wants a word. Hold on, linking her in."
Faye communicates through the comm link.
- Faye: "Good work! Come back to Fort Tarsis, and we'll plan our next step. This is where it gets interesting."
Post Expedition
The Freelancer has greeted the four Guardians of Dawn. They now return to Fort Tarsis to plan their next move.
Notes and Remarks
- The Tombs can be found in any order.
- The Tombs can be entered in any order.
- The dialogs in this expedition will always remain the same as mentioned in this script. However, certain conversations may be skipped if actions are performed quickly, or additional conversations will show up if there is a delay.
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